Impasto Winter Scene Oil on Canvas by American Artist David Crespi

Winter Farmland Scene on Board. Quaint rustic farmland scene in a soft snowfall. Colorful and warm. Rustic in style and condition.

Large Impasto Painting of House on the Water by Lephe Kingsley Holden. Signed lower right. Lephe Kingsley Holden (1881 - 1973) was active/lived in Connecticut, New York. Lephe Holden was a painter and art teacher. She was born in Hadley, Massachusetts on May 1, 1881. She was the daughter of Elbridge Kingsley and Elizabeth (Cook) Kingsley. Elbridge Kingsley was a painter, wood engraver and illustrator for the Century Co. Lephe was a graduate of Hopkins Academy, Hadley, Massachusetts and the Art Student's League, New York. She studied privately with Augustus V. Tack, Dwight Tryon, Guy Wiggins, George E. Browne, Hippolito Hidalgo, and Ed Carviedes. Holden taught art at Maxwell Training College, New York (1908-1912). She married Samuel M. Holden on October 1912, and they were married until his death in January 1936. Holden also served as the Director of Art Instruction in Westport, Connecticut School System (1927-1947). Initially she was the only art teacher, but at the time of her retirement there were five assistant instructors. She exhibited with the American Watercolor Society Education: Pratt Institute; Art Students League, NYC; With George Elmer Browne; Guy Wiggins Summer Art School, Essex, Connecticut, 1936. Membership: Key West Art and Historical Society; Key West Artists...

Oil on canvas laid down on masonite depicting s homestead in a woody landscape in the snow. The structure with red roofs and illuminated barely visible with the falling snow. Signed ...

Antique American oil on canvas winter landscape in original patinated gold frame. Signed lower right liiegibly.